After leaving her daughter Jessica in a small town in Pernambuco to be raised by relatives, Val spends the next 13 years working as a nanny to Fabinho in São Paulo. She has financial stability but has to live with the guilt of having not raised Jessica herself. As Fabinho’s university entrance exams approach, Jessica reappears in her life and seems to want to give her mother a second chance. However, Jessica has not been raised to be a servant and her very existence will turn Val’s routine on its head. With precision and humour, the subtle and powerful forces that keep rigid class structures in place and how the youth may just be the ones to shake it all up.
The Second Mother explores themes of parent child relationship, architecture, class differences. It is available to stream for free in HD on Ernax — no account required.
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 112 min
Director: Anna Muylaert
Writers: Anna Muylaert
Cast: Regina Casé, Camila Márdila, Karine Teles, Lourenço Mutarelli, Michel Joelsas, Helena Albergaria, Bete Dorgam, Luis Miranda, Theo Werneck, Luci Pereira, Anapaula Csernik, Hugo Villavicenzio
Rating: 8/10 (802 votes)
Country: Brazil
Language: English, Portuguese
Themes: parent child relationship, architecture, class differences, housekeeper, woman director
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